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Dynamo Sure Works Hard

Damien Katz - Damien Katz - May 03, 2013

We tend to think of working hard as a good thing. We value a strong work ethic and determination is the face of adversity. But if you are working harder than you should to get the same results, then it’s not a virtue, it’s a…

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Development Methodologies?

Damien Katz - Damien Katz - January 18, 2013

Hi Damien, ... If I were to list projects as small, medium, and large or small to enterprise, what methodologies work across them? My thoughts are Agile works well, but eventually you’ll hit a wall of complexity, which will make you wonder why you didn’t…

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Follow up to “The Unreasonable Effectiveness of C”

Damien Katz - Damien Katz - January 17, 2013

My post The Unreasonable Effectiveness of C generated a ton discussion on Reddit and Hacker News, nearly 1200 comments combined as people got in to all sorts of heated arguments. I also got a bunch of private correspondence about it. So I’m going to answer…

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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of C

Damien Katz - Damien Katz - January 08, 2013

For years I’ve tried my damnedest to get away from C. Too simple, too many details to manage, too old and crufty, too low level. I’ve had intense and torrid love affairs with Java, C++, and Erlang. I’ve built things I’m proud of with all…

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How can to achieve lots of code?

Damien Katz - Damien Katz - October 29, 2012

I get mail. hello damien I read about you from a book on erlang. Your couchdb application is really a rave. please can you help me out ,i’ve got questions only a working programmer can answer. i’m shooting now: i’ve been programming in java for…

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CouchConf SF

Damien Katz - Damien Katz - August 30, 2012

CouchConf SF is coming. This is our premier Couchbase event. We’re going ham. Come hear speakers from established enterprises and how they are betting their business on Couchbase. Hang out and talk with speakers, me and other Couchbase engineers in the Couchbase lounge. I’ll be…

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Reminder: Couchbase Community Summer BBQ

Damien Katz - Damien Katz - June 26, 2012

We’re celebrating summer by throwing a huge outdoor BBQ bash at our Mountain View office. Wednesday, June 27, 2012 from 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PT) Mountain View, CA HQ Please RSVP

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Why Database Technology Matters

Damien Katz - Damien Katz - June 21, 2012

Sometimes I get so down in the weeds of database technology, I forget why I think databases are so fascinating to me, why I found them so important to begin with. ACID. Latency, bandwidth, durability, performance, scalability, Bits and bytes. Virtual this, cloud that. Blah…

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Stabilizing Couchbase Server 2.0

Damien Katz - Damien Katz - May 30, 2012

I’m glad to report we are now pretty much going into full-on stabilization and resource optimization mode for Couchbase Server 2.0. It’s taken us a lot longer than we planned. Creating a high performance, efficient, reliable, full-featured distributed document database is a non-trivial matter ;)…

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0 to 35 million in Six Weeks

Damien Katz - Damien Katz - March 27, 2012

If you haven’t played Draw Something, you might want to wait until you have some free time, it’s creative, social and addictive :) OMGPOP released this game less than 2 months ago, and it’s currently #1 game on Facebook, and the #1 app in the…

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